Vested interest with company

[sodthisforfun]

Hello lads.

Bit of an odd one, but is it possible to find out if someone has invested financially to a company?
If so, any idea how to do it? I need to know if someone has a vested interest in a local company.

Ta

 

[JohnD]

you can check directors

https://www.gov.uk/get-information-about-a-company

searching by company name, or by director name. It narrows the search if you know the town, initials and IIRC the dob. Addresses may not be true. A trick is to use slight variations of name and initials in different entries. I.D Smith. Ian Smith. Iain Smith. Iain Duncan Smith. I. Duncan Smith. It may work even better when people think your surname is Duncan-Smith (hyphenated) when in fact Duncan is your middle name and you use it as an affectation because you are a snobby poseur named Smith.


PLCs share registers have to be open for inspection. I don't know about Ltd. co's. If they are, you might be required to go to the registered office by appointment.

 

[flameport]

Ltd companies must provide a list of 'persons with significant control' - i.e. shareholders. (on the 'people' tab on the CH website)
The accounts and other documents filed ('filing history' tab) may contain info on any loans etc. to the company - although that does depend on the size of the company as what needs to be disclosed does vary considerably.
Also note that some filed documents may be considerably out of date, such as accounts which might be filed many months after the end of an accounting period.

 

[Notch7]

If its a Ltd company rather than say LLP, then you may be able to find out. Directors are listed.

Also if you know if he is a director of a different company, you can search that, ask do a search on his against his namr otherdirectorships.

He could just be a shareholder, or even a private loan

 

[sodthisforfun]

Gents, thankyou. Fantastic stuff and will have a look to see if there is a way now you've pointed me in the right direction.

Again, thankyou

 

[motorbiking]

If there is a genuine potential conflict of interest (pecuniary, procurement or personal), then the above is not a safe way to determine investments/conflicts. It can therefore be appropriate to request disclosure or confirmation that none exist, via a written statement.

If they are a public servant, MP councillor etc. then you can use the appropriate legislation - see NAO guide:
https://www.nao.org.uk/naoblog/managing-conflicts-of-interest/

if they are a company director Sec 175 of the Company's Act covers it. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/175

On a more serious level we have the Bribery Act 2010 which is fairly broad. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/23/section/1

End of the day, if you suspect a conflict, get a declaration, if they wont declare/sign off, then use the above to get them out of the picture. Other decision makers without a conflict wont want to risk it.

 

[gasbanni]

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